The siege was kept up until the morning of the 17th, when it was found that the enemy had evacuated during the night.

The weather was very hot, the roads dusty and the water bad.

Johnston destroyed the roads as he passed and had so much the start that pursuit was useless; but Sherman sent one division, Steele's, to Brandon, fourteen miles east of Jackson.
The National loss in the second capture of Jackson was less than one thousand men, killed, wounded and missing.

The Confederate loss was probably less, except in captured.

More than this number fell into our hands as prisoners.
Medicines and food were left for the Confederate wounded and sick who had to be left behind.